Enter the film community, and you’ll see jeers of derision at new movies; “They don’t make ‘em like they used to,” scream those factions...

In Aesop’s Fables, a set of tales told to children to imbue them with socially correct morals, exists the story of “The North Wind and...

Ray Yeung’s elegant and tender film All Shall Be Well begins with protagonists Angie (Patra Au Ga Man) and Pat (Maggie Li Lin-Lin)...

Motorola Razr flip phones, Destiny’s Child posters on the wall and Pussycat Dolls blasting out of car radios; 2005 is in full swing for...

There are certain films that feel like you’re watching the greatest movie ever. The feeling is physical; it’s pinpricks dancing on your...

In 2021, Claire Keegan’s novel on the Magdalene laundries Small Things Like These was released to acclaim, going on to be shortlisted for...

Queer stories aren’t a new concept. If you look at film history, especially before the Hays Code, you’ll see a vast collection that has...

The gruff, broken leading man on a revenge rampage genre has had its fair share of ups and downs across film history. You’ve got the...

When the Chris Columbus-directed movie Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief was released in 2010, young, avid readers like...

here’s a reason that Doctor Who has persevered on our screens for over 60 years, and it boils down to the show’s concept of regeneration....

A simple story, well told, can sometimes be the most effective way to make a necessary point. In Alejandro Loayza Grisi’s lean but...

Lady Diana Frances Windsor née Spencer ponders her legacy in Pablo Larraìn’s hazily sweet psychological dive into “the people’s...

Absolute power corrupts absolutely in Les Promesses a biting political thriller that isn’t afraid to move, but one with a few too many...

Italian director Yuri Ancarani declares in his Venice Film Festival statement that  “Atlantide is a film that began without a...

Olivia Wilde’s sophomore effort, Don’t Worry Darling, a film that wears its message loudly, proudly and with barefaced cheek, opens with...

This review first appeared for Jumpcut Online on September 4th 2022 as part of Venice Film Festival coverage After 2017’s critically...

Edgar Wright, acclaimed cult director of Baby Driver and Hot Fuzz fame, directs Last Night In Soho with a breezy smoothness, but this...

This review was posted on October 19th 2022 for JumpCut Online as part of London Film Festival During Jamie Adams’ whimsical, flimsy...

In 2010, Dutchman Martin Verfondern disappeared from a rustic Spanish village in Ourense. His disappearance and the subsequent...

In 1970, Judy Blume’s eponymous novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret was published. The book, a grounded curtail pull on teenage...